Stolen Auto Recovered

At
approximately 5:15 a.m. on Thursday, February 17 officers were
called to the 6100 block of Hibbling Avenue for a stolen vehicle.
The driver started his 2001 Ford pickup truck, a company vehicle,
and left it running and unlocked while he returned into the house
to get his coffee. Allegedly, two men entered the vehicle and drove
away.

The
driver was able to contact the company manager. The manager used
the in-vehicle global positioning system to track the vehicle’s
direction of travel. Officers were directed to the vehicle’s
location in the 6300 block of Gravel Avenue and found the suspects
in the truck.

Bernardo
Lopez, 20, of 6001 Frontier Drive, and Jonathan A. Aravelo, 20, of
6445 Gildar Street, were found in the vehicle. They were arrested
and transported to the Fairfax County Adult Detention Center. They
were each charged with grand larceny.

Police
urge all residents to keep your vehicles locked and never leave a
running vehicle unattended. It is against the law to leave the
vehicle running and unattended.

Bernardo Lopez
Jonathan
A. Aravelo

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